Literature Survey and a Universal Evaporation Correlation for Plate type Heat Exchangers

Ayub, Zahid H.; Khan, Tariq S.; Salam, Saqib; Nawaz, Kashif; Ayub, Adnan H.; Khan, M. S.

doi:10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2018.09.008

Title: Literature Survey and a Universal Evaporation Correlation for Plate type Heat Exchangers

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Plate heat exchangers are widely used in the industry. Being compact in nature, they are good candidates to be used as evaporators with reduced charge. Here, a review of the existing evaporation heat transfer coefficient data for plate heat exchangers has been carried out. The literature survey also includes compilation of available Nusselt number correlations. In this work, an attempt has been made to develop a universal Nusselt number correlation that can be used to predict the heat transfer coefficient during evaporation of several key refrigerants using various plate geometries. The predicted values of Nusselt number using proposed correlation were found to be in good agreement with the experimental data of ammonia (R-717), R-134a, R-410A and few relatively new refrigerants. The proposed correlation is valid for 313 < Re_eq < 12,700, 0.000136 < Bo_eq < 0.0019 and is shown to predict the actual data within ±30% error. The predicted heat transfer coefficient was also found to be in good agreement with results from the major plate exchanger manufacturers.

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^[1]; Khan, Tariq S. ^[2]; Salam, Saqib ^[3];

^[4]; Ayub, Adnan H. ^[1]; Khan, M. S. ^[5]

Isotherm, Inc., Arlington, TX (United States)
Higher Colleges of Technology-Dubai Men's Campus (DBM), Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Khalifa Univ. of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Mechanical Engineering Dept. and Petroleum Inst.
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Abu Dhabi Univ. (United Arab Emirates). Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Publication Date:: Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1474468

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: International Journal of Refrigeration

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 99; Journal ID: ISSN 0140-7007

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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                    Ayub, Zahid H., Khan, Tariq S., Salam, Saqib, Nawaz, Kashif, Ayub, Adnan H., and Khan, M. S. Literature Survey and a Universal Evaporation Correlation for Plate type Heat Exchangers.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Ayub, Zahid H., Khan, Tariq S., Salam, Saqib, Nawaz, Kashif, Ayub, Adnan H., & Khan, M. S. Literature Survey and a Universal Evaporation Correlation for Plate type Heat Exchangers.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2018.09.008

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                    Ayub, Zahid H., Khan, Tariq S., Salam, Saqib, Nawaz, Kashif, Ayub, Adnan H., and Khan, M. S. Tue .  
"Literature Survey and a Universal Evaporation Correlation for Plate type Heat Exchangers".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2018.09.008.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1474468.

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  title        = {Literature Survey and a Universal Evaporation Correlation for Plate type Heat Exchangers},

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  abstractNote = {Plate heat exchangers are widely used in the industry. Being compact in nature, they are good candidates to be used as evaporators with reduced charge. Here, a review of the existing evaporation heat transfer coefficient data for plate heat exchangers has been carried out. The literature survey also includes compilation of available Nusselt number correlations. In this work, an attempt has been made to develop a universal Nusselt number correlation that can be used to predict the heat transfer coefficient during evaporation of several key refrigerants using various plate geometries. The predicted values of Nusselt number using proposed correlation were found to be in good agreement with the experimental data of ammonia (R-717), R-134a, R-410A and few relatively new refrigerants. The proposed correlation is valid for 313 < Reeq < 12,700, 0.000136 < Boeq < 0.0019 and is shown to predict the actual data within ±30% error. The predicted heat transfer coefficient was also found to be in good agreement with results from the major plate exchanger manufacturers.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2018.09.008},

  journal      = {International Journal of Refrigeration},

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  volume       = 99,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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